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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1902.

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' .zt-TENT GEORGE BOXLEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

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APE(IILFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,070, dated May5, 1903.

Application ned March 17, 1902.

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE BOXLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at` Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvef ments; and it consists of thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures. Y

Figure I is a view showing my improved garment construction in use upona person, the iiy member ol' the waistband being unfastened, with oneend thereof in an upright position and the other end folded down, eX-posing to view the lower edgeof the shirtwaist and connecting mechanism.Fig.' 2 is a similar view before the shirt-waist is applied, showing thesuspender connections in position. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectiontaken on the broken line 3 3 in Fig. l. 'Fig. et is a similar Viewpartly in perspective, the waist and snspenders being omitted. Fig. 5 isa view in perspective of the waistband portion of the nether garmenthaving the attaching member of the waistband in the form of tabs. Figs'.6, 7, and 8 are perspective views partly in section, illustratingmodified forms of my invention. Fig. 9 is a sectional view similar toFig. 3, further illustrating the modification shown in Fig. 8.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the manipulation of themechanism for connecting a shirt-waist with a nether garment and tocover and conceal from view the lower edge of the waist-and suchconnecting mechanism.

In providing for the use of shirt-waists, for men more particularly,various meansv have been employed for adapting the shirt-waist toconnect with ordinary trousers.

In carrying out my invention it is my object to adapt the trousers orother nether garment to connect with an ordinary shirtwaist and withordinary Suspenders, if de- Serial No. 98,513. (No model.)

sired, and to conceal from view such connections in use.

In its preferred form my invention comprises a nether garment providedwith a duplex waistband open along its upper edge to receive the loweredge of a waist, said band comprising an outer fly member foldableoutwardly and downwardly and an inner connecting member extending abovethe foldline of the iy member and provided with means for connectingwith the nether garment the lower edge of the waist, adapted to becovered and'concealed by the tiy member of the band.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a nether garment, as a manstrousers or a womans skirt, provided atits upper end with a waistband(shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and S in duplex form) comprising the outer ymember 2 and theinner attaching member 3. The band thus formed is openalong its top, the outer iiy member-being adapted to be folded outwardlyand downwardly upon the body of the garment along the line of junctionof the band member therewith. When the fly member is so folded, theinner attaching member of the band is exposed to view, with itsconnecting mechanism, comprising buttons 4, adapted to enter buttonholes5 in the lower edge ofthe waist 6, whereby said waist and nether garmentmay be connected together as easily as a waist could be attached to thebuttons on the outside of ordinary trousers. After the waist has beenthusconnected with the nether garment the iy member of the waistband isrestored to its normal upright position, thereby inclosing thelowercedge of the waist between the band members and 'covering andconcealing from view the lower edge of the waist and theconnecting-buttons.

If Suspenders are worn, the ends thereof may be connected at front andback with the buttons t before the waist is donned by the weaerr.

I have shown in Fig. 2 Suspenders 16 passing over the shoulders of thewearer and adapted to be inclosed within the waist in use.

The iy member of the band is preferably provided with means forconnecting together its ends, such as the hook 7 and eye 8, theconnection thereby accomplished serving to IOO retain the fly member inan upright position in use.

In Fig. 5 I have shown portions of the attaching member of the waistbandomitted, the attaching mechanism being supported by the remainingportions thereof in the form of the tabs 9.

When desired, the attaching-band member may be the ordinary waistband ofthe trousers, as shown at 10 in Figs. 6 and 7, provided with the usualsuspender-buttons 1l on the outside thereof, in which case the flymember 12 is in the form of a separate belt connected with and supportedby the trousers by means of a buttonholed band or tabs 13, adapted toconnect with the trousersbut tons.

The attaching-band member may, if desired, be provided with two sets ofconnections adapted to engage separately with the waist and Suspenders,as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the button 14 being adapted to conneet withthe waist and aseparate button 15, just above and in line with thebutton 14, being adapted to connect with the suspenderend.

The connection between the attaching member of the waistband and thewaist and suspenders may be accomplished in any known manner by means ofbuttons and buttonholes or other connecting mechanism.

I am aware that flybands have been used upon garments and make no claim,broadly, to the same.

It is characteristic of my invention that the outer band member isconnected with the inner attaching member only by an hinge connectionwholly below the attaching mechanism, Whereby the outer band member canbe folded back throughout its length upon the body of the nether garmentindependently of the inner attaching member, said outer band memberbeing provided with fastening mechanism for connecting together its endsalso independently of the inner attaching member. The Suspenders beingconnected to the inner attaching member serve to support the same inposition both to facilitate the connec` tion therewith of the waist andthe folding and replacing of the outer band member.

/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A netber garment provided with a duplex waistband, the outer memberthereof being fold-able throughout its length outwardly and downwardlyand connected with the inner 4member only by a hinge connection alongitslower edge; means for fastening together the ends of the outer memberindependently of the inner member; and means for detachably securingbetween the band members the lower edge of a waist, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of March,1902.

` GEORGE BOXLEY.

Witnesses:

FRANK C. CURTIS, E. M. OREtLLY.

